GROCERS' TALKS
“■Competition Can Harm” 2 Press Associations ROTORUA, Feb. 10. I Competition taken too far can be harmful to the very ,people it is designed to bene- : fit—the consumers—the New | Zealand Master Grocers’ Fede (ration was told at its confer|ence in Rotorua today. Mr C. T. A. Rattray, gene(ral manager of J. Rattray and Sons, Ltd, Christchurch, and (president of the New Zealand Wholesale Association, said I that unless there was greater unity and collaboration among j manufacturers. wholesalers land retailers many would fall by the wayside. “With the development of all the various types of discount houses 1 feel we are allowing ourselves to be led along by the nose by the most aggressive traders.” he said He described the fragmentation of distribution to retailers as nothing less than a scandal. It had become completely out of hand, he said
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32219, 11 February 1970, Page 28
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